Oneida Lake 01/17/09

[muskybob]

Up at 5AM to meet Nick (doublehaul) in North Bay by 7. It was a frigid 13 below when I started out. Luckily it warmed up to a balmy 9 below by the time I met Nick and we got out to our spot. Well I shouldn't say OUR, because Nick walked faster than I, had one hole drilled by the time I caught up to him, and he laid claim to a 50 yard radius around the hole. He agreed to let me fish with him after I promised to give him all the fish I caught. I agreed and we drilled the other 6 holes from 18 to 22 fow. We had 5 tip ups out and 2 holes for jigging. Everything got set up and we watched as a lone figure approached from the distance. Turned out to be a DEC officer making the rounds checking for bad guys. He was a heck of a nice guy and we returned to our jigging holes after showing him our current licenses. The guys next to us didn't fair as well though. The officer was there for about a half hour writing them tickets for one reason or another. He left them and proceeded to make a 5 mile trek around the bay checking various fishermen (maybe fisherwomen too, I couldn't tell).

Nick broke out the frying pan around 10:30 to fry up some of the fish we caught, but since we hadn't caught any we settled for the homemade venison sausage he brought along with a can of chili. That tasted fantastic, and warmed us up enough to stay out on the ice till Noon. No bites on the tip ups or the jigging holes so we headed back to shore and homeward bound.

NOTE: No fish were caught or harmed on the making of this report...........except for the dead minnows

Nick

Nick Cooking

Me

Thanks for a great morning Nick. I don't have any homemade sausage, but I'll bring McDonalds next time.

[jason]

who needs sun with a coat that brite great to see you guys got out and had fun

[GAMBLER]

who needs sun with a coat that brite great to see you guys got out and had fun

Sounds like the coat scared away the fish Glad to see you made it out there Muskybob.

[Schools Out]

Bob I told you that it was bad luck to poop on the ice. But i felt bad for you and figured if you walked into shore you might never come back.......

I know your not a superstitious man but................I TOLD YOU SO!

[jason]

[FISHINMAN]

Musky were you warm with that coat? If so that's all that matters Wait till Gambler gets a look at my florescent orange snow pants

[ray koziatek]

god to see your face ya ol duff ,where can i get on of those suits

[muskybob]

I'm still waiting for an email from the company for when the Large sizes come in. I can get you one from the other company for an extra 50 bucks.

And yeah Tom. It was nice & toasty.

[L&M]

Ray: If the suit was black an white what would he look like? Think it starts with a Peng something. Ya kn those furry thing's that are on the ice way up north? Help me here buddy.

[muskybob]

They're not way up north, they're way down south (Antarctica)

[L&M]

Opp's.

[stan]

Did he dig a hole to poo in ? or did he carried it out ?

I still can not believe you guys do that kind of fishing, it had to start off as a joke right

[W.W.IV.]

Stan,over here ice fishing is a social event you meet and talk with the best bunch of fishermen there is.I don't think I ever met one that wasn't willing to share info with you if you weren't doing well. If you get a chance to do hard water try it you'll like it. Mike.